Amazing. @realDonaldTrump's Tower in Chicago contains the city's biggest real-estate failure: a massive, hard-to-reach, below-grade retail space it hasn't managed to rent out in 10 years. https://t.co/QXhHqA1VVN
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 27, 2019
Category: Trump finances
Overview of pending investigations of Trump
Trump’s legal and ethical troubles extend well beyond the Mueller investigation. https://t.co/od0DZvxj1X
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) March 30, 2019
Trump inflated his net worth
This is a great investigation by the Washington Post. Trump lies and lies and lies.
NEW: How did @realDonaldTrump inflate his net worth to lenders?
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 28, 2019
–Added 10 stories to Trump Tower.
–Added 800 acres to his winery.
–Added 24 ready-to-sell lots to his property in CA.
We've got (some of the) inflated docs investigators now want to see. https://t.co/cNfKTsSlrW
Trump organization selling merch with the White House on it
I don’t know if it’s illegal. I do know it’s not appropriate.
Trump Org now selling merch with the White House on it. Nice work by @Z_Everson. https://t.co/zCQ3WrEeaG
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 21, 2019
They are not among the six items in the Trump Store's Made in the USA page: https://t.co/szjg8Ymbtu https://t.co/5Pz1oGa3NV
— Zach Everson (@Z_Everson) March 27, 2019
Here's one of the White House-branded coffee mugs being sold by @trump Org. I have added arrows, for illustrative purposes. pic.twitter.com/uriySOUhXR
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 27, 2019
Follow the money: Trump and Deutsche Bank
Great investigation by the New York Times.
It’s too bad that all of the information on Trump’s sleazy dealings, payoffs to women and tax avoidance wasn’t known before the election.
This is the inside story of how Deutsche Bank officials – including 2 CEOs – were so eager to do business with @realDonaldTrump that they ignored years of internal warnings about the risks.
— David Enrich (@davidenrich) March 18, 2019
Based on interviews with 20+ bank execs w/ direct knowledge. https://t.co/5kD4vCXm7y
Trump’s History With Deutsche Bank: how their symbiotic bond was born of necessity &ambition on both sides: a real estate mogul made toxic by polarizing rhetoric &a pattern of defaults, and a bank w. intractable financial problems & a history of misconduct https://t.co/hEETrw3biY
— Michiko Kakutani (@michikokakutani) March 19, 2019
If true, @realDonaldTrump lied to Deutsche Bank to get a loan. That constitutes bank fraud.
— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) March 19, 2019
In fact, one reason Michael Cohen is going to prison is because he lied to a bank to get a loan. https://t.co/2h4VxJgmms
Trump reportedly lied about assets, worth to get Deutsche Bank loans https://t.co/qLaxH4XOfU
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 19, 2019
At the end of 2017, Trump waived punishment for Deutsche Bank.
— Citizens for Ethics (@CREWcrew) March 16, 2019
Trump owes Deutsche Bank over $100 million. #flashbackfridayhttps://t.co/XuxMaJ4OmC
This is what Deutsche Bank now fears, on top of everything else: That @POTUS will decide to stop making payments on the loans he took out—and the bank will have to sort it out in public. https://t.co/xUzK6AhL46 pic.twitter.com/W46sEInrHd
— Emily Flitter (@FlitterOnFraud) March 18, 2019
According to the new NYTimes report, if Donald Trump was inflating his assets in order to persuade Deutsche Bank to give him a loan, Deutsche Bank apparently didn't mind. pic.twitter.com/t4CEVA501P
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) March 19, 2019
When my lawyers inquired about how Trump calculated his net worth, he said his self-assessment went “up and down with markets and with attitudes and with feelings, even my own feelings.” He noted later that “even my own feelings affect my value to myself.” https://t.co/lQPxxS7okm
— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) March 19, 2019
"Deutsche Bank, George Conway, and the gravitational pull of Trump's corruption." Some thoughts on what new revelations about Deutsche and @gtconway3d's relationship with Trump tell us about the orbit of corruption around him, from @paulwaldman1 and me:https://t.co/FnJFp2OkIo
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 19, 2019
Don’t give Trump’s businesses free publicity
Jim Sciutto does an excellent job on TV but he was wrong to give the name of Trump’s golf course in his tweet.
President Trump has arrived at the Trump Intl Gold Club. This is his 223rd day spent at a Trump property and his 172nd day spent at a Trump property golf course since becoming President.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) March 9, 2019
Please don’t mention the name of his property – don’t give his business free publicity. Just say he’s at his golf course and the location.
— Harris Levy (@HarrisL585) March 9, 2019
New York state regulators investigating Trump Organization
New York State regulators have issued an expansive subpoena to the Trump Organization’s longtime insurance broker, the first step in an investigation of insurance policies and claims involving President Trump’s family business https://t.co/IAx74F8Z4o
— The New York Times (@nytimes) March 5, 2019
Possible insurance fraud by the Trump organization is what @aoc was questioning Michael Cohen about in last week's hearing. https://t.co/YCNzjdgvJU
— Anthony Zurcher (@awzurcher) March 5, 2019
As Cohen reportedly talks to investigators about insurance claims the Trump Org has filed over the years, it is worth revisiting this October 2016 story about a $17 million dollar claim for hurricane damage a Mar-a-Lago that no one remembers happening:https://t.co/dDXAvPxSpW
— Susan Hennessey (@Susan_Hennessey) February 22, 2019
Updated my piece about Trump allegedly having inflated his financial numbers with AOC's elicitation of possible insurance fraud as well. https://t.co/NebfM4wu0H
— Philip Bump (@pbump) February 27, 2019
Former prosecutor and defense attorney Seema Iyer explained the Southern District of New York has its “own venue to prosecute” Trump for “all these insurance fraud crimes, bank fraud, financial crimes.” https://t.co/B2x6mfylUx
— Newsweek (@Newsweek) March 3, 2019
Just ask Donald Trump. In 2005, he collected $17 million in insurance money for non-existent damage to Mar-A-Lago after Hurricane Wilma.
— Jennifer Hayden (@Scout_Finch) March 5, 2019
Only 3 weeks after the hurricane, Don Jr. got married there. No damage seen in any photos. https://t.co/oPQNrxRg0F
His entire fraudulent shitpire is in flames. https://t.co/cTosFJyNuk
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 5, 2019
Trump advertises his Scottish golf course
Of course, he was wrong to do that. I guess he didn’t want to point out that the Scottish government beat him in court and he owes them money for the legal bills. Will his business affect US foreign policy. This is so corrupt. Sad!
This tweet says everything you need to know about Donald Trump’s huge conflicts of interest https://t.co/EwFSkT4F1l
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) March 5, 2019
This is Trump’s most explicit commingling of personal interests and public office to date.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) March 2, 2019
This is the tone from the top that leads his appointees to violate ethics rules.
This is shameless, corrupt and repugnant presidential profiteering.
This is an invitation to graft. https://t.co/3Gce7RGEYW
Is Trump really using the authority conferred on him by his position as president to advertise patronage of his private business as being in the national interest?
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) March 2, 2019
cc lawyers/legal experts https://t.co/mBuVVrU4Mf
1) The two Trump golf courses in Scotland have lost something like $200 million under Trump management. The losses are covered by loans from the Trump Organization. But where is that money coming from? Trump Co doesn't have anything like sufficient income https://t.co/EJHAnsvbHu
— David Frum (@davidfrum) March 2, 2019
This morning, @realDonaldTrump tweeted about his Scottish golf course. It's a beautiful place that's brought him a lot of trouble: 5 yrs of losses, $70M in sunk cash.
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 2, 2019
Now a court has ordered that Trump pay the Scottish Govt.'s legal fees, after they beat him in court. https://t.co/756dt4SNQR
Here's a reverse-emoluments case that the Founding Fathers didn't plan for…what happens when @realDonaldTrump owes a large debt *to* a foreign government? In Scotland, it's happening. https://t.co/WqS91m4ou0
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 1, 2019
In Scotland, @realDonaldTrump fought the Scottish govt over a windfarm that would alter the view from his golf course. He lost. Now, a court says he's also got to pay his opponents' legal fees. https://t.co/o7Ad4Qmbpp
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) March 1, 2019
Think about this tweet. How could the personal property of the President further relations between two countries? His statement is meaningless unless he wants foreign governments to know the key to a good relationship with America is to further its President’s personal interests. https://t.co/3Gce7RGEYW
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) March 3, 2019
No. No, it doesn't. No one believes that. Not even you. They spit at the very utterance of your name in Scotland. https://t.co/d4tUKqPCEC
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) March 3, 2019
I have been married to my Scottish wife for 15 years now. I can confirm that the Scots hate Trump even more than they hate the English, and we have fought historic wars. I am English.
— Northener (@redscar16) March 3, 2019
It’s a sign of how far we’ve fallen that this tweet alone isn’t seen as grounds for impeachment https://t.co/xOQgPkoVYI
— Michelle Goldberg (@michelleinbklyn) March 2, 2019
Trump name to be removed from another building
“Trump Palace” is no more!
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) June 30, 2021
Scaffolding surrounds the signage at my old home at 69th/3rd Av, but after 5 years of trying, condo owners have finally succeeded in removing the stain of the name “Trump” from the building!
It’s about $ – Trump’s name is now death in NY Real Estate pic.twitter.com/hM5J7tK6Yw
This will be the end of "Trump Place," a mini-neighborhood that @realdonaldtrump tried to develop starting in the '70s. He had his name on six buildings there, as of 2016.
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) February 22, 2019
Now, the number will be zero. https://t.co/7nD1PdfZ0H
Since Election Day 2016, @realDonaldTrump's name has come down from:
— David Fahrenthold (@Fahrenthold) February 21, 2019
–4 (soon to be 5) residential bldgs in NY.
–4 Hotels, in Rio, Panama, Toronto and NYC (SoHo)
It's gone up at:
–Hotel in Vancouver
–Golf course in Dubai. https://t.co/LUYSt1xxEL
The sole bidder seeking to build a casino in the Bronx has moved closer to realizing its pitch, by buying out the multimillion-dollar lease on a public golf course operated by Donald Trump’s company. The first order of business: removing the Trump name. https://t.co/VhpAJK5LBj
— The New York Times (@nytimes) September 8, 2023
Trump and Iran
Ivanka claimed that she isn't worried about Mueller because the family never did business with Iran:https://t.co/1lRnMX55Yd
— Adam Davidson (@adamdavidson) February 9, 2019
Let me explain how they did, in fact, almost certainly do business with Iran.
Everything I write here is acknowledged by the Trump Org.
1/
Sad! 